17 Dessert Cobbler Recipes That Are Better & Easier Than Pie (2024)

FAQs

Is cobbler easier than pie? ›

The biggest difference is that a cobbler is so easy to make (easier than pie!). While a pie is made with a bottom crust and often a top crust, the dough and the fruit filling cook together in a cobbler.

The Most Popular Cobbler in Every U.S. State

But cherry cobbler has competition. Peach cobbler takes a close second place, with its luscious, juicy peaches and irresistible golden crust tempting taste buds far and wide.

You can bake a cobbler with just fruit as the filling, but a little sugar and cornstarch tossed with the fruit before baking will work together to create a lush sauce from the fruit's juices. This is the thing that turns a good cobbler into a knock-out dessert.

Cobbler is sometimes described as a kind of fruit pie, but strictly speaking, the two are different. Pies are made from pastry, rather than biscuit batter, and they are fully encased, with a crust at the top and the bottom, while cobblers typically only have a topping.

Cobbler: A fruit dessert made with a top crust of pie dough or biscuit dough but no bottom crust. Crisp/crumble: In Alberta, the terms are mostly interchangeable. Both refer to fruit desserts similar to cobbler but made with a brown sugar streusel topping sometimes containing old-fashioned rolled oats.

A shoe mender, shoe repairer, a shoe-maker, one who hand-crafts shoes. In modern day, a cobbler is a master craftsman, an artisan. A cobbler is a patcher and a stitcher and a shiner and a cordwainer and a girdler and glover and a thonger and ultimately—a smile maker.

A cobbler, also known as a shoemaker or cordwainer, repairs and restores footwear. It's one of the world's oldest professions that peaked long ago, but is still going strong. In the United States there are 7,000 shoe repair shops that serve 300 million people – that's more than 600 million shoes.

Origin. Cobblers originated in the British American colonies. English settlers were unable to make traditional suet puddings due to lack of suitable ingredients and cooking equipment, so instead covered a stewed filling with a layer of uncooked plain biscuits, scone batter or dumplings, fitted together.

Cobbler is usually topped with batter or biscuits in lieu of crust. Cobbler's name comes from its sometimes cobbled texture, which is a result of spooning or dropping the topping over the fruit rather than distributing it equally. This way, the filling can peek through.

Why did my cobbler turn out like cake? ›

If you use enough batter to completely cover the fruit, you'll end up with a cobbler that's far too bready, more like an upside-down cake.

Change Up Your Thickener

Do you currently use all-purpose flour to thicken the filling of your cobbler? Alright, this year, give cornstarch a try. While flour imparts a mild bitter flavor to the filling that doesn't always cook entirely out, corn starch is generally undetectable.

A brown betty is similar to a crisp or crumble, except the topping is layered into the fruit mixture before baking for an intensely crunchy effect. Food Network Kitchen's Grilled Rhubarb Brown Betty is warm, sweet and super-crisp — excellent when served with a scoop of strawberry ice cream.

But the apple pie takes the cake when it comes to fiber and potassium, and it has less added sugar. So what's a pie aficionado to do? Well, if you want to consume fewer calories, go for the pumpkin—it almost always has fewer because of the single crust. You could also take a sliver of both pies.

Cons: A 4-ounce piece of peach cobbler contains about 330 calories, 17 grams fat, and 4.5 grams saturated fat (that's over 20 percent of your daily recommended amounts of both fat and saturated fat!). If the cobbler is baked in a large tray, portion control can go out the window.

For climbing each peak it is necessary to have good climbing abilities and wear suitable clothes. The Cobbler is an interesting mountain for advanced mountaineering but also suitable for beginners in good physical condition. For those who want to reach the peaks, some scrambling ability is essential.

Generally considered a challenging route. This is a very popular area for hiking, running, and walking, so you'll likely encounter other people while exploring. The best times to visit this trail are March through October. Dogs are welcome, but must be on a lead.

The biggest difference between a cobbler and a pie is the placement of the dough. Pies have, at a minimum, a bottom crust with the fruit placed on top, while a cobbler has the fruit on the bottom and a dolloped dough on top instead.

Cobbler is one of my favorite ways to bake with fruit. The super soft-and-tender crumb inside, paired with a crisp bake on the outside, make for an awesome taste and texture. It's unlike anything else you'll bake.